Fifth Annual Taste of the Neighborhood Dinner is a heck of a party

Newest member of the North Collinwood Hall of Fame, Francis Hunter, for her dedication to North Shores Collinwood here being congratulated by director of Northeast Shores, Brian Friedman and Councilman Mike Polensek.

On February 19, 2013 Northeast Shores hosted the 5th Annual Taste the Neighborhood Award dinner and Fundraiser at the Lithuanian Hall. If you were not there, you missed one heck of a party. We had food donated by Beachland Ballroom, B&M BarBQ, Blitz BBQ, Cakes By Sweetwater, Callaloo Café and Bar, Chilli Peppers, Chloe’s Kitchen Diner, Congin’s Pizza, Convenient East 200th St., Dave’s Supermarket, Fresh Catch, Georgio’s Pizza, Gus’s Diner 185, Gostilna at Knezak, Grovewood Tavern, Lithuanian Hall, Muldoons, Scotti’s, T.B’s Hhot Dogs. As you can tell from the list of restaurant donors there was some very tasty food being served that night.

In addition to the food that night Northeast shores gave awards out to some very worthy groups and individuals. The award recipients this year were in the following categories:

North Collinwood Hall of Fame - Francis Hunter, for her dedication to North Shores Collinwood.

Partner of the Year - Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland, for partnering with us in the "Cover Your Assets" Roofing Program.

Business Investment of the Year - Muldoon's owner Billy Dagg, for providing the “Neighborhood Gathering Place," a wonderful outdoor patio.

Block Club of the Year -  Shore Acres Block Club/Homeowners Association, for their dedication to their neighborhood.

Volunteer of the Year -  Leonard “Lenny” Kedys, for his many hours of volunteer work repainting the marquee on the LaSalle Theater.

The night would not have been complete without our own neighborhood DJ, John Copic helping emcee the event.

A very big thank you goes out to all of the restaurants and people who made this event successful.

Denise Lorek is the Community Organizer for Northeast Shores serving the North Collinwood area.